Non-refillable bottle.



PATENTED MAY 23, 1905.

F. A. HBATH. NON-REEILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLIOATION ILED SEPT. 2, 1904.

r m .u m S o NETED STATES Patented May 23, 1905.

PATENT EEiCE.

JERSEY, ASSIGNOR on ONE NEW JERSEY.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICAIION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,836, dated May 23, 1905. Application filed September 2, 1904. Serial No. 223,141.

T0 (LZZ whom it may c0ncern:

Be it known that I, FORREST A. HEATH, a citizen of the United States, residing at J ersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention, in common With similar devices, aims to prevent the reuse of a bottle, package, or like receptacle after being emptied of its contents, thereby protecting both the consumer and the party or concern placing the particular brand of goods upon the market.

An essential feature of the invention is the provision of simple and effective means for attaining the objects of the invention and precluding the possibility of refilling a bottle when empty without mutilation of some part to such an extent as to render detection possib e.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings.

W'hile the essential and characteristic featurcs of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Wlllch- Figure 1 is a vertical central section of the neck of a bottle embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the relation of the valve and weight when the bottle is tilted t0 pour off the contents thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the section provided with the valve-scat. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the guard. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the valve.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The neck of the bottle, package, or like receptacle is indicated at 1, and its end portions are prefcrably contracted, so as to receive the guard and section provided With the valveseat. This neck may be of any design or construction and is provided With an inner groove 2 near its upper end to receive the locking means 3, employed forsecuring the guard'after being placed within the neck of the bottle.

The section provid ed with the valve-seat is designated by the reference-numeral 4 and is hollow. its upper portion being tapered and terminating in the valve-seat 5, which is upwardly fiared. The lower portion of the section 4 is reduced and a shoulder 6 is formed at the inner end thereof and constitutes a stop to limit the relative movement of packingrings 7, which are slipped upon the reduced end of the part 4 and are interposed between it and the inner portion of the neck, so as to provide a tight joint between the neck and section 4 and hold the latter in place. The inner portion of the neck receiving the part 4 is slightly tapered to prevent slipping of said part into the bottle.

The valve 8 is floatable or buoyant and is preferably made hollow and sufiiciently light to be fioated to its scat by liquid in the event of its being attempted to fill the bottle by inverting the same and immersing its open end into a body of liquid. While the valve may have any form, it is preferred to construct the same so it Will present a tapered appearance, the stem serving in a measure to maintain the valve in proper position and assist materially in directing it to its scat. The upper side of the valve is depressed, as shown at 9, to form a seat for reception of the weight 10, by means of which the valve is held firmly seated when the bottle is in an upright position. The weight 10 is preferably a ball or of. globular shape, so it may efiectively act upon the valve in any position. Obviously any weight may loe provided for coperation with the valve to hold the same seated under normal conditions and prevent fioating of the valve when the bottle is in a vertical or upright position.

A guard 11 is secured in the upper portion of the neck 1 and is tubular and is subdivided by means of a partition 12 into upper and lower sections 13 and 14. An outcr fiange 15 is provided at the upper end of the gnard to overlap the neck of the bottle, so as to limit the downward movement of the guard and. to prevent access being had to the cementing material l6, interposed between the upper portions of the guard and neck. An annnlar groove 17 is formed in the upper portion of the guard and is adapted to register with the groove 2 and receives the locking means 3, which may be a spring; or consist of cernenting material. The guard is of such relative length With reference to the neck and section 4, so that its inner end preferably comes in contact With the upper tapered end of the valve-scat section 4, thereby preventing vertical or outward displacement thereof. Openings 18 are provided in the walls of the section 14 to provide escape for the liquid contents of the bottle when the latter is tilted to pour off the same. Other openings 19 are formed in the walls of the section 13 to admit of the contents passing ofi freely when required. The space formed in the section 14 is tapered, the walls being downwardly fiared. This construction insures firrn seating of the valve 8 and the action of the weight 10 thereon when the bottle is tnrned so as to occnpy a horizontal position, thereby preventing the filling of the bottle by immersing the same horizontally in a body of liquid or attempting to pour liqnid therein when the bottle is turned on its side. The ball-weight 10 is received in the section 14 of the gnard and the valve 8 opens upward into said section. As a result of the globular shape of the weight 10 and the fiare of the inner wall of the section 14, said weight gravitates toward the valve when the bottle is turned so as to occnpy a horizontal position. Hence the valve is seated and held closed before the bottle may be tilted slightly to the horizontal to facilitate the entranee of the liquid into the neck.

The component parts entering into the formation of the invention may be of glass or other material not a1ected by the contents of the bottle or package, so as not to impair the fiavor or color thereof. It may be observed that the valve-scat 5 and inncr space of the section 14: are oppositely flared. Hence the valve 8 is assured of firm seating, which.is essential to prevent the refilling of the bottle under usnal conditions. In the preferable construction it is preferred to utilize vitreous matrial in such shape as to admit of ready observation of the working of the parts.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In combination, a bottle or receptacle having a neck, a hollow section secured within the inner portion of the neck and having its upper end tapered and provided with aflared scat, a floatable valve of tapered form mounted npon said scat and having a depression in its upper side, a ball-weight for holding said valve seated, and a tnbular guard secnred in the upper portion of the neck and subdivided by a partition into upper and lower sections, each having openings in its side walls, the space of the lower section being downwardly fiared and adapted to receive the said ballweight and valve, snbstantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FORREST A. HEATH. [L. s.]

Witnesscs:

CHAS. C. GUERNSEY, GEORGE G. WATT. 

